Middle English Dictionary Entry
refigūren v.
Entry Info
| Forms | refigūren v. Also refigure, refigǒure. |
| Etymology | From figūren v. or L refigūrāre; cp. F (16th cent.) refigurer. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To represent (sth.); also, fig. to present something again to the mind; (b) to restore (sb.) to health.
Associated quotations
a
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)5.473 : The lettres ek that she..Hadde hym ysent, he wolde allone rede..Refiguryng hire shap, hire wommanhede, Withinne his herte.
- 1543(1464) Hardyng Chron.B (Grafton)p.64 : His triumphes all..enemyes might beholde, Well wrought about, in ymagerie and scripture, Full royally wrought for to refigure.
b
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)1076/13 : The ermyte staunched hys bloode and made hym to drynke good wyne, that he was well refygowred and knew hymselff.